Tag Archives: U.S. District Court – Western District

A Danville U.S. District Court grants a new trial, setting aside a $3.17 million jury award to a construction company on its claim against the Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...

A contractor that provides physical, occupational and speech therapy services to nursing homes wins summary judgment on its claim that nine defendant facilities who terminated their contracts and then hired 57 of plaintiff contractor’s former employees violated a restrictive covenant ...

A Roanoke U.S. District Court will not dismiss an indictment charging defendant with making a false and fictitious written statement to a firearms dealer, for allegedly representing he was the “actual buyer,” when he was purchasing the firearm for another; ...

A Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court denies the government’s motion to retry defendant on a firearms charge. There is no doubt Holbrook violated the terms of her plea agreement by filing the § 2255 motion attacking her conviction under ...

An Abingdon U.S. District Court says charging defendant with failing to update his sex offender registration and credit card fraud and transporting a stolen car in interstate commerce, does not amount to a misjoinder, but the court will sever the ...

A funeral home employee who alleges she was required to volunteer her time in community service to generate business for her employer, to respond to calls after hours and to work through or be interrupted during their scheduled meal breaks, ...

A Charlottesville U.S. District Court orders a man convicted of unlawful possession and transport of child pornography to pay restitution of $5,448.75 to “Vicky,” a known victim depicted in the pornography. At his sentencing, defendant stated that since he had ...

A 58-year-old woman fired after 19 years as a police dispatcher can sue the city of Galax for age discrimination, but not for gender discrimination, says an Abingdon U.S. District Court. Plaintiff alleges the city chief of police did not ...

An African-American hair stylist at a Danville salon does not have a prima facie claim for disparate treatment under Title VII with her bare assertion that the white stylist with whom she had a physical altercation on the job was ...

A photographer for Trader Publishing who regularly worked at defendant Danville Toyota, taking and posting online photos of defendant’s cars for sale, can sue the car dealership for her injuries from allegedly stepping into a grass-covered drainpipe hole; a Danville ...